The no-birth bonus scheme: the use of savings accounts for family planning in South India
Ridker, R.G.
Population and Development Review 6(1): 31-46
1980
ISSN/ISBN: 0098-7921 DOI: 10.2307/1972656Document Number: 445706
The paper reviews the history and assesses the results of a monetary incentive scheme for family planning operating on three tea estates in S. India since 1971. The incentive involves deposits into a savings account payable on retirement for those who have small families. Since 1971, fertility appears to have fallen faster on the estates where the scheme was offered than on comparable estates, but not as rapidly as might have been expected if the scheme had been better administrated and implemented. Evidence to this effect is reviewed and conditions for future applications of similar schemes are discussed.